With great excitment,a group of men set off to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase,the unknown lands west of the
Mississippi river.
President Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to led the expedition to explore the lands of the Louisiana
Purchase,from the Mississippi rRver and beyond to the Pacific Ocean.
''left Pittsburgh this day at 11'o clock with a party of 11 hands,7 of which are soldiers,a pilot,and three young men on a trial they
having proposed to go with me thoughout the voyage.''With those words written on August 31,1803.Meriwether lewis began his
first journal entry on the epic Lewis and Clark expedition,
Lewis and Clark was the third recorded
transcontinental crossing North America
Lewis and Clark by Ben
Mississippi river.
President Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to led the expedition to explore the lands of the Louisiana
Purchase,from the Mississippi rRver and beyond to the Pacific Ocean.
''left Pittsburgh this day at 11'o clock with a party of 11 hands,7 of which are soldiers,a pilot,and three young men on a trial they
having proposed to go with me thoughout the voyage.''With those words written on August 31,1803.Meriwether lewis began his
first journal entry on the epic Lewis and Clark expedition,
Lewis and Clark was the third recorded
transcontinental crossing North America